Sunflower-Like Nanostructure with Built-In Hotspots for Alpha-Fetoprotein Detection.

Xiaoyu Zhao, Aonan Zhu, Yaxin Wang, Yongjun Zhang, Xiaolong Zhang

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2021 Feb 23

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In the present study, a sunflower-like nanostructure array composed of a series of synaptic nanoparticles and nanospheres was manufactured through an efficient and low-cost colloidal lithography technique. The primary electromagnetic field contribution generated by the synaptic nanoparticles of the surface array structures was also determined by a finite-difference time-domain software to simulate the hotspots. This structure exhibited high repeatability and excellent sensitivity; hence, it was used as a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) active substrate to achieve a rapid detection of ultra-low concentrations of Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). This study demonstrates the design of a plasmonic structure with strong electromagnetic coupling, which can be used for the rapid detection of AFP concentration in clinical medicine.

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Xiaoyu Zhao, Aonan Zhu, Yaxin Wang, Yongjun Zhang, Xiaolong Zhang. Sunflower-Like Nanostructure with Built-In Hotspots for Alpha-Fetoprotein Detection. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland). 2021 Feb 23;26(4)